Prior to the repair, the iPod touch worked fine despite the multiple cracks in the screen that resulted from me dropping...

I'll check the connections once more. Maybe I got too happy with the canned air and sprayed something loose! LOL. I had pretty much came to that conclusion (faulty digitizer) but I was hoping by some miracle that there would be some back door fix that would avoid having to go thru all of this again. Sigh. Oh well back to the drawing board. If there is no warranty on this one, I'll look for a cheaper front panel assembly from a company people had good success with and try once more. I heard I could buy the assembly for about half of what I payed from here. Two attempts will still be cheaper than sending it back to Apple from what I hear. Thanks again for the advice!